Recording Assignments

ICR 200804-0651-001

OMB: 0651-0027

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
ICR Details
0651-0027 200804-0651-001
Historical Active 200706-0651-001
DOC/PTO
Recording Assignments
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 03/25/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 04/17/2008
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
03/31/2012 36 Months From Approved 03/31/2009
363,388 0 331,294
181,695 0 165,648
27,165,603 0 23,165,000

Under 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060, the USPTO records patent and trademark assignment documents that show the transfer of ownership of applications, patents, and trademark registrations from one entity to another. The USPTO provides cover sheets to ensure all the necessary assignment data is submitted for accurate recording. In order to file a request to record an assignment, the respondent must submit an appropriate cover sheet along with copies of the assignment documents to be recorded and payment of the appropriate fee. The recorded documents are available for public inspection, except for those documents that are sealed under secrecy orders or related to unpublished patent applications.

US Code: 35 USC 261 and 262 Name of Law: null
   US Code: 15 USC 1057 and 1060 Name of Law: null
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  73 FR 4848 01/28/2008
73 FR 18783 04/07/2008
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 363,388 331,294 0 -5,661 37,755 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 181,695 165,648 0 -2,831 18,878 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 27,165,603 23,165,000 0 -379,692 4,380,295 0
No
Yes
Using Information Technology
The adjustments reported for this information collection are due to an overall net increase in expected filings for patent and trademark assignment requests. This net increase in filings includes an expected increase in electronic filings that is partially offset by an expected decrease in paper filings. The program changes reported for this information collection are due to a change in electronic filing technology used by the USPTO. Previously, customers could also submit patent assignment recordation requests securely over the Internet using special electronic filing software that was developed by the USPTO. Particularly large recordation requests that were prepared using the software could be copied onto a recordable compact disc (CD) and then submitted to the USPTO by mail. Since the USPTO has retired this electronic filing software in favor of the web-based filing system, the corresponding modes of submission are being deleted from this collection.

$3,189,503
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Joyce Johnson 7033089706 ext. 132 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
04/17/2008


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